My Heartbeat

Drama,confusion,and conflict is all this book is about called My Heartbeat by Garrett Freymann-Weyr. So far I have read four chapters and I can't stop reading it! The main characters introduced so far in the book are Ellen who is going into 9th grade at Cedar Hill and she is very scared because she has trouble making friends. Although she is very close to her family especially Link her older brother who is going to be a senior and is a track star and loves math. Then there is James Link's best friend who Ellen is madly in love with (she thinks he's super hot). Together they all hangout by watching old Swedish movies and going out to random places. Personally I think it's cool she is so close with her brother and his best friend. The setting takes place in Maine and so far in the book it's mostly at Ellen and Link's house because that's where they all hang out at. Soon though summer will be over and the setting will change because school is starting up again at Cedar Hill High School where they have to where god awful uniforms. That's not the biggest problem though, like I said before Ellen is shy and at her old school her teachers had conferences with her parents about her social skills. So her main worry is how is she going to make friends? How will she start fresh with a new personality? She really wants to make and effort to make more friends and be more social. Will she accomplish that? I think that Ellen can pull it off on being more social and making more friends as long as she puts her self out there more and tries new things. Ellen also has two people in her life that care about her (Link and James) and I think that they will help her transition through the new school. James and Ellen also sometimes sort of flirt so I think they will connect somewhere along the book. As for Link, I think he will be very successful his senior year because he's so smart and he's a track star so he has a lot going for him. I can connect with Ellen because I know what it feels like to start at a new school and really try to have a fresh start. I think James is a lot like Lucas from the show One Tree Hill because Lucas is very charming and loves to read and James is exactly like that.